“There is something uniquely challenging about the way that you teach Pilates at Balance & Control that appeals to the competitive instinct in me …
“There is something uniquely challenging about the way that you teach Pilates at Balance & Control that appeals to the competitive instinct in me …
My preconceptions about what is possible are challenged in a safe and supportive environment … and there seems to be no end to my improvement!
I really miss my Pilates session whenever there is a holiday or I go away. As an active recreational walker I am now aware of my ability to see over the next hill sooner!!!”
John Norman
Accountant, Walker
I just love my Pilates and missing a week feels like punishing my body. It’s something I can’t live without.
I have been a Pilates devotee at Balance & Control for more than three years.
My doctor originally referred me to help strengthen my pelvic floor after child birth. Once I got going, I realised what an amazing workout Pilates offered for my whole body and how after each session I felt like I’d had a good stretch and worked out the aches and pains for another week.
Pilates at Balance & Control got me through the tough time when my shoulders and back ached, I was teary and exhausted while breast feeding my son and I was doing Pilates until the day before my daughter was born almost two years ago.
Friends I have recommended to Balance & Control have all said the same thing: “It’s such a friendly place.” I just love my Pilates and missing a week feels like punishing my body. It’s something I can’t live without.
Clare Thompson
Mum of two
I would recommend Balance & Control Pilates to anyone – Awesome!
I am constantly learning and discovering new layers and spaces within my body. As a Pilates Instructor myself, it is a great place to discuss issues and I find it professionally supportive and insightful. I really look forward to that time to focus each week.
What stands out about Balance & Control Pilates is the quality of instruction, light, well-equipped studio environment, where all the staff are friendly and professional. Everyone is achieving and working hard while keeping their workouts fun at the same time.
I would recommend Balance & Control Pilates to anyone who wants a great Pilates experience, wants to make changes in their body and be intellectually stimulated. Each workout addresses whatever need arises, is very positive and you can constantly explore deeper layers of movement experience.
It’s sort of like fitting the pieces of a puzzle together for me. I am constantly gaining strength and doing new things and really enjoying the experience and loving the challenge.
Awesome!
Angela McWhinney
Pilates Teacher & Belly Dancer
We find ourselves as strong and coordinated as we have ever been, and almost pain free – a remarkable outcome at the geriatric age of 65.
With our Pilates at Balance & Control we been able to focus on individual problems such as planta-fasciitis and later a torn hamstring, and found great results. The individualized attention we are given in the sessions allow us to now do the exercises more effectively where we may have been doing them incorrectly in the past.
All of the instructors are as professional and friendly as we have come to expect. What is astounding is that we find ourselves as strong and coordinated as we have ever been, and almost pain free – a remarkable outcome at the geriatric age of 65.
Jan & Garry Fowler
Your knowledge and energy of the Pilates repertoire has been invaluable, professional and of a high standard.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the Pilates sessions in the past 4 months.
Your knowledge and energy of the Pilates repertoire has been invaluable, professional and of a high standard. As a fellow Pilates teacher, you have helped me improve my teaching skills and also become a better quality teacher of the Pilates method.
I came to Balance & Control with having a facet joint problem in my spine. I had sought out many other professionals, but no one seemed to assist me in improving my condition. For the first time I was able to understand more about my body and actually how I could assist myself, by working through a Pilates session slowly, almost back to basics. It’s been a great learning curve for me. I always say ‘ you never stop learning’, but finding the right teacher has made my life a better one. My back feels so much better, since I started just 4 months ago at Balance & Control.
Dimitria Aridas
Pilates teacher & Massage Therapist
My words of recommendation for Balance & Control – quality, friendliness, individuality, caring, challenge, striving for improvement, celebration of success…..
The Balance & Control Pilates Studio is fun, the staff supportive but also constantly challenging so that you can feel and see improvements. It certainly helps to be given exercises one cannot do at first and then gradually be able to do them. I love the explanations I am given and increasing awareness of one’s individual body awareness so that I can appreciate what and why the instructor has asked me to do something. I also enjoy the attention to detail although it usually makes life harder as I cannot get away with the easy way! I know that it will serve me better in the long run.
I like the variety of instructors you have on the team at Balance & Control many coming from different perspectives – the standard of instruction is so good. My words of recommendation for Balance & Control – quality, friendliness, individuality, caring, challenge, striving for improvement, celebration of success…..
Know I know my back is stronger, my posture better and easier to maintain – and I can walk/trek more easily. In fact everything is easier.
Jan Mahoney
I continue to experience fantastic changes in my own flexibility and control, such as ‘touching my toes’ for the first time in 20 years.
My attendance at Pilates classes over the last 6 months at Balance & Control has been transformative both personally in my own body and professionally in the way I now teach clinical Pilates in my Physiotherapy practice.
Increasing my repertoire and deepening my understanding of the Pilates method has made me significantly more confident and effective with my clients.
I continue to experience fantastic changes in my own flexibility and control, such as ‘touching my toes’ for the first time in 20 years. The aches and pains I used to get at the end of a long day teaching classes are now gone.
Incorporation of the Franklin Method makes the teachings more clear, concise and I now feel more knowledgeable about functional anatomy as well as Pilates. Sharing your expertise and experience with a wide range of complex clients means every week I come away with another ‘gem’ to take back to my own clients.
Richmond Heath
Physiotherapist & Clinical Pilates Instructor